This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Ransom Of Red Chief – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the climax of "The Ransom of Red Chief?" A) When the kidnappers find out that they are going to have to pay to bring Red Chief home. B) When Bill and Sam kidnap Red Chief. C) When Red Chief sneaks up behind Bill. D) When Sam goes up to the top of the mountain and looks around them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the kidnappers find out that they are going to have to pay to bring Red Chief home. 2. Complete the sentence:The couple worked ..... enough to be able to put down a payment on a house. A) Ferocious. B) Philoprogenitiveness. C) Industriously. D) Recognize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industriously. 3. Which word means to give consent or approval? A) Emit. B) Recognize. C) Accede. D) Decry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accede. 4. Which of these words is a synonym for impudent. A) Joyful. B) Disrespectful. C) Angry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disrespectful. 5. The name of the town "Summit" being flat as a flannel cake is and example of what? A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) Edible irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 6. What is a random example of an oxymoron? A) Cruel kindness. B) Eeeek!. C) Cruel, evil. D) Ahhhh!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cruel kindness. 7. Red Chief could be described as an ..... child. A) Surreptitiously. B) Impudent. C) Pervading. D) Commentable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impudent. 8. Irony usually involves something that is A) Silly. B) Unimportant. C) Unexpected. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unexpected. 9. Which vocabulary word means to get on to criticize severely? A) Requite. B) Cleave. C) Attribute. D) Chastise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chastise. 10. A reference within a work to something famous outside it, such as a well-known person, place, event, story, or work of art, literature, music, pop culture. A) Mood. B) Theme. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 11. The overall structure of a short story is called ..... ? A) Rising Action. B) Resolution. C) Plot. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 12. Pecos Bill was raised by what animal? A) Wolves. B) Coyotes. C) Cattle. D) Apes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coyotes. 13. What does commend mean? A) Suggested plan. B) To speak highly. C) Necessary supplies. D) Work together. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To speak highly. 14. What is symbolism in literature? A) Something that is used to represent an idea or quality. B) A picture that means exactly what it is. C) A symbol. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something that is used to represent an idea or quality. 15. How far did Bill run by the time that Sam caught up to him? A) 4 Miles. B) 2 Miles. C) 8 Miles. D) A mile and a half. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A mile and a half. 16. Bill's fear of Red Chief is an example of what literary term? A) External conflict. B) Metaphor. C) Rising action. D) Internal conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Internal conflict. 17. Direct or Indirect Characterization? "Turning her head slowly, like a patient becoming paralyzed, neck stiffening forever, she forced her eyes to search among the photographs." -The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney A) Indirect Characterization. B) Direct Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect Characterization. 18. What was Bill's nickname given to him by Johnny? A) Snake-Eye-the-Spy. B) Old Hank the Trapper. C) Ebenezer. D) Red Chief. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old Hank the Trapper. 19. Lazy people who do not do anything but sit on the couch can be described as A) Lackadaisical. B) Surreptitious. C) Solitary. D) Industrious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lackadaisical. 20. What is Johnny's dad's name? A) Red Chief. B) Ebenezer. C) Herod. D) Sam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ebenezer. 21. Who is the narrator of "The Ransom of Red Chief?" A) Red Chief. B) Ebenezer Dorset. C) Bill. D) Sam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sam. 22. Definition:To create and maintain an extreme fear in someone A) Terrorized. B) Ferocious. C) Desperate. D) Imp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrorized. 23. A fabric bandage used for dressing wounds A) Surreptitiously. B) Diatribe. C) Sleepy. D) Contiguous. E) Court-plaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Court-plaster. 24. Projecting from something. A) Prominent. B) Comply. C) Collaborate. D) Impudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prominent. 25. A secret or underhanded plan; a plot. To make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong. A) Scheme. B) Square. C) Chronic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scheme. 26. What is the definition of personification? A) To attribute human characteristics. B) To repeat a word or phrase. C) An overused word or phrase. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To attribute human characteristics. 27. (adj.) drowsy; sleepy A) Surreptitiously. B) Industriously. C) Impudent. D) Sleepy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sleepy. 28. When the kidnapping plan does not end up as the kidnappers planned, it is an example of ..... A) Oxymoron. B) Situational irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational irony. 29. (adj.) acceptable to the taste; able to be eaten A) Pervade. B) Proclivities. C) Sleepy. D) Palatable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Palatable. 30. What is the definition of pervade? A) A suggested plan. B) To be spread or to be present throughout. C) Able to be eaten; acceptable taste. D) In a sneaky way; secretly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be spread or to be present throughout. 31. What does dispel? A) Sleep; drive; urge. B) Apart; away; drive; urge. C) Between or among; sleep. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apart; away; drive; urge. 32. How old is Johnny? A) 5 years. B) 15 years. C) 10 years. D) 8 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10 years. 33. The opposite of what is expected happens. A) Situational Irony. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Verbal Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational Irony. 34. The Red Chief is ..... years old. A) 9. B) 8. C) 10. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10. 35. What is an alliteration? A) A repetitive vowel sound. B) An overused word or phrase. C) A repeated word or phrase. D) A repetitive consonant sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A repetitive consonant sound. 36. Give to (someone or something) a name that reflects a notable quality or characteristic A) Dictating. B) Chronic. C) Christened. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Christened. 37. Red Chief kicks and hits Bill. A) Character vs. character. B) Character vs. nature. C) Character vs. society. D) Character vs. self. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character vs. character. 38. With Red Chief along, an atmosphere of chaos would gradually ..... the camp. A) Surreptitiously. B) Proposition. C) Commend. D) Pervade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pervade. 39. Which word means something that tastes good? A) Pervade. B) Diatribe. C) Palatable. D) Commend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palatable. 40. The appearance of a ghost, something ghostly, or something unlikely, strange, or unexpected. A) Apparition. B) Contiguous. C) Industriosly. D) Proclivities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apparition. 41. The boy's father responded with a surprising ..... A) Comply. B) Commend. C) Collaborate. D) Proposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proposition. 42. Mt. Mitchell has the highest ..... on this side of the Mississippi. A) Contiguous. B) Trees. C) Elevation. D) Vicinity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elevation. 43. (v.) to act according to a command, request, or order A) Collaborate. B) Commend. C) Contiguous. D) Comply. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comply. 44. What is the genre of "Pecos Bill" ? A) Historical fiction. B) Romantic comedy. C) Tall tale. D) Mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tall tale. 45. "Bill gets down on his all fours, and a look comes in his eye like a rabbit's when you catch it in a trap" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 46. The football team made a ..... before the match. A) Impudent. B) I dont know. C) Diatribe. D) Proposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proposition. 47. Choose one of the things that Red Chief DIDN'T do A) He put a hot potato on Bill's Back. B) He threw a brick to Bill's eye. C) He burned the cave with Bill inside. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He burned the cave with Bill inside. 48. The class of people who were farm laborers, typically very poor A) Peremptory. B) Peasantry. C) Decry. D) Apparition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peasantry. 49. Adjoining, neiboring, situated next to something; continuous:connected together forming an uninterrupted expanse in space A) Diatribe. B) Contiguous. C) Depred. D) Peremptory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contiguous. 50. What does the boy do that helps you infer that he is upset about going home? A) He follows Bill back to the cave. B) He makes Bill act like a horse and feeds him sand. C) He uses his slingshot on Bill and knocks him into the fire. D) He grabs Bill around the legs and has to be peeled off. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He grabs Bill around the legs and has to be peeled off. 51. Definition:a consideration paid or demanded for the release of someone or something from captivity A) Captive. B) Prominent. C) Ransom. D) Provisions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ransom. 52. What does misheard mean? A) Heard again. B) Heard before. C) Heard correctly. D) Heard incorrectly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heard incorrectly. 53. Spread or be present through A) Pervade. B) Proposition. C) Ransom. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pervade. 54. Short Story, "The Elevator"Which statement best expresses the main conflict in the selection? A) Martin is an impressionable young man who is very uncomfortable with riding in a cramped elevator with others. B) Martin is a shy boy who has difficulty interacting with others, especially his father. C) Martin is a timid boy who is easily frightened by common things in life. D) Martin is a skittish young man who refuses to confront his fears. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Martin is a timid boy who is easily frightened by common things in life. 55. Definition:a mischievous child A) Terrorized. B) Imp. C) Desperate. D) Ferocious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imp. 56. What is the conflict? A) The boy has been kidnapped. B) Sam and Bill are nice. C) The town is quiet. D) Red Chief is running away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy has been kidnapped. 57. People that live in a place A) Inhabitants. B) Provisions. C) Diatribe. D) Dote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inhabitants. 58. (n.) a price or payment demanded in return for the release of a property or a person A) Ransom. B) Peasantry. C) Proposition. D) Treachery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ransom. 59. Which word means to go out and look around to obtain information about the geographical features of a land? A) Accede. B) Decry. C) Palatable. D) Recognize. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recognize. 60. When Sam returned, Bill was exhausted and went into a ..... against the entire project. A) Proposition. B) Diatribe. C) Pervade. D) Impudent. 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